7:00pm | Institution of the Lord’s Supper & Foot Washing
Maundy Thursday begins the three holiest holy days of the year, and it features several unique rituals performed at no other time. The service centers on the Last Supper, when our Lord instituted the Eucharist and when he washed his disciples’ feet. It was a living example of the loving humility he commanded (maundy, from the Latin for commandment) us to show one another. The service ends by processing the Sacrament to Holy Cross Chapel for an all-night vigil and the dramatic Stripping of the Altar in a darkened church.

Special Note: Bring loaves of bread and/or bottles of wine for Maundy Thursday (April 2 | 7:00pm). The bread is donated to Austin Street Center, and the wine is uncorked after the Great Vigil.